Comfort Tour: De olifanten volgen

This is the last Sardinian-style building in Chambéry, built between 1850-1860. Built originally for the Sénat de Savoie, it has been used for the Regional Court and Appeal Court since the Savoie region was annexed by France.Designed by Pierre-Louis Besson and Pierre Spurgazzi, this is an excellent example of neo-Classical, Sardinian architecture and one of the last buildings in Chambéry with an Italian influence. The façade contains an avant-corps with 7 bays, with Ionic columns topped by a simple triangular pediment. The inner courtyard, bordered with porticos, was heavily influenced by the style of Antonio da Sangallo and Andrea Palladio.

One of the town’s emblematic monuments, this fountain was built in 1838 to pay tribute to General de Boigne, a major benefactor of Chambéry, his native town.At the death of Benoit de Boigne, the town decides to erect a monument to his glory. It chooses the project of Pierre-Victor Sappey for its originality and its importance despite a low-cost. The set is 17,65 meters high, built in limestone from Saint Sulpice. It's a curious and skilled superimposition of three monuments : a fountain, a column and a statue. The fountain shows in its plane a cross of Savoy, represented by four elephants united by their rump. Realized in cast iron, they're dropping the water from their trunk in an octagonal pool. They are carrying a battle tower, ornamented with writings and trophies, remembering the feats in battle of the General in the Indies and his numerous acts of benefaction for the town. On the column, sculpted as if it was a palm tree trunk (again a reference to the Indies), a statue of 3 meters high of the General sat on its top.

This building by Charles-Bernard Pellegrini was one of the first examples of French architecture after the Savoie region was annexed to France in 1863.

La Sasson, carved by Alexandre Falguière in 1892.La Sasson - 'large woman' in the Savoyard dialect - is a bronze statue carved by the famous sculptor, Alexandre Falguière, to commemorate the centenary of the union of the Savoie to France in 1792. When the statue was inaugurated on the 4th September 1892 in the presence of Sadi Carnot, the President of the Republic, the mayor, Antoine Perrier, declared: 'this statue represents the robust elegance of the Savoie. She presses the timeless French flag to her breast, this symbol of the motherland that has brought ideas of emancipation, independence and social equality to people around the world'. The residents of Chambéry have disparaged this work, condemning its clumsiness. However, it can be argued that the statue's outline and heavier form foreshadows the work of Maillol.